Senior Test Engineer

Qualysoft; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 74,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualysoft, on behalf of a leading Austrian telecommunications provider, seeks a Senior Test Engineer to drive automated testing of web and API applications using Playwright and TypeScript. This hybrid role is based in Vienna with 1-2 days per month on site and a 12-month contract, ASAP start.

You will design and maintain scalable automation, integrate tests into Jenkins CI/CD, and contribute to QA practices in an English-speaking project team. Daily rate: €400-€440, 100% capacity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on QA in web and API testing.
• Experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Familiar with CI/CD (Jenkins) and TestRail.
• Agile/Scrum experience.

Responsibilities

• Test user stories and sprint deliveries against acceptance criteria.
• Design, implement and maintain automated UI and API tests with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Keep the automation framework scalable, readable and stable, and fix flaky tests at the root cause.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and act on the results.
• Perform functional, exploratory, integration and regression testing.
• Validate end-to-end business and customer journeys across multiple systems.
• Take part in backlog refinement and sprint planning, raising risks and testability questions early.
• Report, analyze and track defects through resolution.
• Contribute to improving QA practices, automation coverage and team quality standards.

Skills

QA experience

Test design

Risk-based testing

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Agile/Scrum

AI testing tools

Ownership

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Jenkins

TestRail

Job description

For our client, a leading telecommunications provider in Austria, Qualysoft is seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer to test and automate business-critical web and API-driven applications, with a strong focus on Playwright.

Location: Vienna

Start: ASAP

Duration: 12 months

Capacity: 100%

Working model: Hybrid, 1-2 days per month on site in Vienna

Project language: English

€400 - €440 a day

Your Responsibilities

• Test user stories and sprint deliveries against acceptance criteria
• Design, implement and maintain automated UI and API tests with Playwright and TypeScript
• Keep the automation framework scalable, readable and stable, and fix flaky tests at the root cause
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and act on the results
• Perform functional, exploratory, integration and regression testing
• Validate end-to-end business and customer journeys across multiple systems
• Take part in backlog refinement and sprint planning, raising risks and testability questions early
• Report, analyze and track defects through resolution
• Contribute to improving QA practices, automation coverage and team quality standards

Your Profile

• 4+ years of hands-on QA experience testing frontend, backend and API-driven applications within Agile delivery teams
• Strong understanding of QA processes, test design techniques, defect management and risk-based testing
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript, including building or maintaining a test framework
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Experience testing web applications and APIs, including test automation
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Daily use of AI tools in your testing work
• Familiarity with TestRail or similar test management tools
• Ownership: you take responsibility for quality outcomes and follow issues through to the end
• Self-organized: you plan your own sprint work and balance testing with automation without being chased
• User-journey focus: you visualize how real customers use the product and test accordingly

Core Technologies

• Playwright, TypeScript
• UI and API test automation
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Test management: TestRail (or similar)
• AI tools for testing

Nice to Have

• Background in the telecommunications industry
• ISTQB certification

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to shape the quality of a business-critical product at a leading telecommunications provider, in an international, fast-moving environment with high visibility.